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National Population and Housing Census, 1980 - IPUMS Subset

Argentina, 1980
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ARG_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Argentine National institute of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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Employment status (AR1980A_EMPSTAT)

Data file: ARG1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 192
End: 192
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">C. Population</span></p>

<p><span class="h3">For all of the persons 14 years and more</span>
<br /><svar v="AR80A414 AR80A415 AR80A416 AR80A417 AR80A418 AR80A419 AR80A420"> [Questions 10-15 were asked of persons age 14 and older.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="AR80A414">10. What did you do last week?<br /><div class="i1">Ask the questions one at a time in the indicated order (worked, didn't work but had a job etc.) when you get an affirmative answer, mark the corresponding box.<br /><br />[] Worked<br />[] Didn't work but had a job<br />[] Looked for work having worked before<br />[] Looked for work for the first time<br />[] Retired and didn't work<br />[] Received rental income and didn't work<br />[] Studied and didn't work<br />[] Took care of their home<br />[] Other situation<br />[] Unanswered</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 Worked
1 Didn't work but had a job
2 Looked for work, having worked before
3 Looked for work for the first time
4 Retired and didn't work
5 Received rental income and didn't work
6 Studied and didn't work
7 Took care of their home
8 Other situation
9 NIU (not in universe)
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h1">C. Population</span></p>

<p>Census home is a person or group of persons, related or not, who occupy the same dwelling. You will write down first the name and surname of the head of the household, then ask all the corresponding questions.</p>

<p><svar v="AR80A414 AR80A415 AR80A416 AR80A417 AR80A418 AR80A419 AR80A420"><span class="em">You will ask the following questions to all persons 14 years old or older.</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="AR80A414"><span class="em">10. What did you do last week?</span><br />The questions should refer to the activity done during the period known between the Sunday of the week previous to the day of the census. As it is expressed in the questionnaire, you will ask a question once in the order indicated, until obtaining an affirmative response. You will ask questions 11, 12 and 13, only if you obtained a response to one of the first three alternatives of this question.<br /><br />If you obtained a response starting with the fourth alternative, you will go directly to question 14.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's employment status the week before the census.
Universe
Argentina 1980: Persons age 14+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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